CST EXAM 2026 (QUESTIONS
&ANSWERS)
DISINFECTION OR SANITATION - CORRECT ANSWER - --
process by which surfaces, material and equipment are cleaned with specific substances.
Crowe-Davis or McIvor Retractor - CORRECT ANSWER --Used for Tonsillectomy, endotracheal tube
rhytidectomy - CORRECT ANSWER --face lift
Wound Classification - CORRECT ANSWER --I Clean Wound- no infection
II Clean contaminated - hollow viscus such as the respiratory alimentary or genitourinary tracts
III Contaminated- early after injury, inflammation is apparent
IV Dirty wounds -
significant delay in treatment, necrotic tissue present, pus is present, severe inflammation seen
Mohs Surgery? What service? What is the procedure for? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Plastic surgery: Recurrent tumors, continuous growth. Procedure used to map outFtumor, determine mar
gins and identify boundries
BANKHART REPAIR (SHOULDER) - CORRECT ANSWER --
ANTERIOR CAPSULE IS REATTACHED TO THE GLENOID FOSSA
How long is an instrument flashed if it has a lumen at 270 degrees? - CORRECT ANSWER --10 min
Bowie-Dick Test - CORRECT ANSWER --
Specifically designed for use with a prevacuum steam sterilizer to test for air entrapment
What solution is used for Schillers test? - CORRECT ANSWER --Lugol
A wrapped tray of instruments isFsterilized in a gravity displacement sterilizer at 250 degrees is -
CORRECT ANSWER --30 min
, The minimum exposure for unwrapped instruments in a flash sterilizer at 270 degrees is - CORRECT
ANSWER -- 3 min
Fogarty catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --catheter, small in diameter and is
balloon- tipped, used to facilitate the removal of an embolus
Jackson-Pratt drain - CORRECT ANSWER --Active Drain-
a closed drainage system in which a soft drain isFattached to a bulblike suction device
Robinson catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --
may also be used to provide irrigation fluid within a duct or is threaded through the nasal cavity into the o
ral cavity and used to retract the uvula when a tonsillectomy is performed
Penrose drain - CORRECT ANSWER --
passive drain; latex tubingFthat is placed partially within the would, allowing fluid to move out of the wou
nd into the dressing by capillary action
Foley catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --A tube inserted through the urethra to drain urine, often left in place
During an abdominoperineal resection, which of the following stapling devices should surgical technologi
st have available to form an anal pouch form the ilium? - CORRECT ANSWER --EEA stapler
GIA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --linear, straight cutsFand stapler for gastrointestinal
TA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --Staple only; for colon resection, intestines
LDS - CORRECT ANSWER --
instrument used for ligation and division of the omental vessels and vagus nerve, splenectomies
EEA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --Alias: intraluminal stapler
Use: anastomosing bowel to the stomach or bowel to bowel
&ANSWERS)
DISINFECTION OR SANITATION - CORRECT ANSWER - --
process by which surfaces, material and equipment are cleaned with specific substances.
Crowe-Davis or McIvor Retractor - CORRECT ANSWER --Used for Tonsillectomy, endotracheal tube
rhytidectomy - CORRECT ANSWER --face lift
Wound Classification - CORRECT ANSWER --I Clean Wound- no infection
II Clean contaminated - hollow viscus such as the respiratory alimentary or genitourinary tracts
III Contaminated- early after injury, inflammation is apparent
IV Dirty wounds -
significant delay in treatment, necrotic tissue present, pus is present, severe inflammation seen
Mohs Surgery? What service? What is the procedure for? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Plastic surgery: Recurrent tumors, continuous growth. Procedure used to map outFtumor, determine mar
gins and identify boundries
BANKHART REPAIR (SHOULDER) - CORRECT ANSWER --
ANTERIOR CAPSULE IS REATTACHED TO THE GLENOID FOSSA
How long is an instrument flashed if it has a lumen at 270 degrees? - CORRECT ANSWER --10 min
Bowie-Dick Test - CORRECT ANSWER --
Specifically designed for use with a prevacuum steam sterilizer to test for air entrapment
What solution is used for Schillers test? - CORRECT ANSWER --Lugol
A wrapped tray of instruments isFsterilized in a gravity displacement sterilizer at 250 degrees is -
CORRECT ANSWER --30 min
, The minimum exposure for unwrapped instruments in a flash sterilizer at 270 degrees is - CORRECT
ANSWER -- 3 min
Fogarty catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --catheter, small in diameter and is
balloon- tipped, used to facilitate the removal of an embolus
Jackson-Pratt drain - CORRECT ANSWER --Active Drain-
a closed drainage system in which a soft drain isFattached to a bulblike suction device
Robinson catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --
may also be used to provide irrigation fluid within a duct or is threaded through the nasal cavity into the o
ral cavity and used to retract the uvula when a tonsillectomy is performed
Penrose drain - CORRECT ANSWER --
passive drain; latex tubingFthat is placed partially within the would, allowing fluid to move out of the wou
nd into the dressing by capillary action
Foley catheter - CORRECT ANSWER --A tube inserted through the urethra to drain urine, often left in place
During an abdominoperineal resection, which of the following stapling devices should surgical technologi
st have available to form an anal pouch form the ilium? - CORRECT ANSWER --EEA stapler
GIA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --linear, straight cutsFand stapler for gastrointestinal
TA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --Staple only; for colon resection, intestines
LDS - CORRECT ANSWER --
instrument used for ligation and division of the omental vessels and vagus nerve, splenectomies
EEA stapler - CORRECT ANSWER --Alias: intraluminal stapler
Use: anastomosing bowel to the stomach or bowel to bowel
